Name: Imran Javed Khan

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2012

School Name: NYU

Major: Film Production

Description: Imran Javed Khan has spend the better part of a decade creating Muslim related online viral videos that have received much attention inside the Muslim American community. After completing his degree in Biological Systems Engineering from the University of California at Davis, Imran worked for a number of years in the medical device industry before deciding to pursue filmmaking, his true passion, full time. Imran J. Khan completed a masters in fine arts concentrating in film production from New York University. Imran hopes to explore the Muslim American experience though film in hopes of building bridges of understanding to mainstream America.

Sponsor: Muslim Community Association of the Bay Area (MCA) Scholarship